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Mutya ng Pilipinas (Jewel of the Philippines) is a beauty pageant held annually in the Philippines. This is the third highest beauty pageant in the Philippines after the Binibining Pilipinas and the Miss Philippines-Earth. Two of the primary winners of the pageant (Mutya ng Pilipinas World and Mutya ng Pilipinas Asia) from 1977-1991 competed in 2 international beauty pageants such as Miss Asia Pacific International and Miss World. The runners-up compete in Miss Wonderland International, Miss Tourism International, Miss Intercontinental, Queen of Clubs International, Queen of the Year and Miss Expo International.

History

One of the winners of Mutya ng Pilipinas was first named Mutya ng Pilipinas Asia for Miss Asia Quest from 1965 until 1983. Then it was renamed Mutya ng Pilipinas Asia Pacific for Miss Asia Pacific Quest from 1984 until 2004. In 2005, the title was renamed once again to Mutya ng Pilipinas Asia Pacific International for Miss Asia Pacific International Quest. Then in 2006, the Miss Asia Pacific International pageant finally ended. The Mutya ng Pilipinas contest has produced four Miss Asia Pacific winners Maria Carmen Zaragoza in 1982, Gloria Dimayacyac in 1983, Lorna Legaspi in 1989 and Michelle Aldana in 1993.

The Miss Asia Pacific Int'l pageant was completely & officially scrapped in 2006 with the winner no where to compete internationally. The national title in itself was retained for 3 years with the winner in 2006 sent to Miss Intercontinental & 2007 to Miss Tourism Metropolitan Int'l. The Mutya organizers finally changed the title to Mutya ng Pilipinas INTERNATIONAL in 2008 as the top winner and the second winner as Mutya ng Pilipinas TOURISM.